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'Military Report on S.-W. Persia, Vol. I. Bakhtiari Garmsir' [‎53r] (110/168)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (80 folios). It was created in 1909. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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( 93 )
PART IV.
GAZETTEER NOTES (GEOGRAPHICAL)
ON CERTAIN
PLACES & DISTRICTS
IN THE
BAKHTIARI GARMSIR.
Notes.—(1) For information regarding Ahwaz, Ramuz, Shushtar, Dizfftl
and places beyond the limits of the Bakhtiari Garmsir, see the Persian
Gulf Gazetteer (Foreign Department, 1909), and Military Report on S. W.
Persia, Part II, ’Arabiotan.
(2) Only information which could not conveniently be incorporated
in route reports, or in Appendix I, has been inserted here. For all details
regarding villages and districts, see Appendix I, index and map.
(3) Latitude and Longitude of places approximate only and not from
actual observations.
AHWAZ —Lat. 31° 20'. Long. 48° 48'. Elev. 220'.
For other than the following purely military details, and for all informa
tion regarding supplies, etc., see Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer.
Mahelas and other native craft can be moved close to the bank and unload
ed by a short plank. The steam boats on the river, if moored at the cus
toms wharf, can usually approach within 6' of the bar k, but if at Lynch
Bros’, wharf a plank, some 20' long, has to be used. Their planks are
always available. If horses are to be unloaded off the boat, the custcms
wharf is preferable. The tramway has 6 trucks which carry about 1 ton
a journey ; under its present organization it can carry about 25 tons
per diem from Nasiri to Ahwaz and the same amount from Ahwaz to Nasirl
on the return journey, though in practice this is not done. There is
no double line anywhere, and in consequence the six trucks must all
move simultaneously in the same direction.
Camping grounds unlimited in all directions. No shade. Water from
river only should be taken, for preference from above Ahwaz village.
The town is occasionally decimated by cholera, etc., but is not in the usual

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It consists of a military report on S W Persia, specifically Bakhtiari Garmsir [Bakhtīārī], created for the personal information of the officers of the Army in India. Compiled in the Division of the Chief of the Staff, Army Head Quarters, India. Printed at the Government Monotype Press, Simla, 1909.

It includes: a preface by Wilfrid Malleson, Assistant Quarter-Master General, Intelligence Branch; an account of the tribal and political aspect of the district by the British Consul for Arabistan [Khūzestān], David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer; and a note on medical matters by Dr M Y Young of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company Limited.

It is divided into the following sections:

  • general – geographical, geological, zoological, tribal, strategical, archaeological, and linguistic;
  • military – climate, supplies, transport, communications, and medical;
  • route reports - compiled in 1908 covering the whole area with a network of known tracks;
  • Gazetteer notes – geographical information;
  • appendices – including a statement of resources in the district, traffic returns, reports on the carrying capacity of steamers on the Kārūn and the tramway at Nasiri, genealogical trees, and a note on the operations of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.

Also includes one map on folio 81: 'MAP to illustrate Military Report on S.W. PERSIA'.

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1 volume (80 folios)
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The item consists of a single report and an accompanying map enclosed in a pocket on the inside back cover. A contents page at the front of the volume (f 4) and index at the rear (ff 72-79) both reference the volume’s original printed pagination.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 82; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the file also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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